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gunchy

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Icam Source crashing
« on: January 02, 2011, 07:13:08 PM »
After starting Icam Source the I end up getting the "Icam Source has incontered a problem and must shut down" messege from windows XP.  I have uninstalled and reinstalled and still same problem.  Sometimes it runs for an hour sometimes for 8 hours but always ends up crashing.  any ideas?

Stefan

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Re: Icam Source crashing
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2011, 08:42:30 PM »
What type of camera are you using, a USB webcam or a network IP camera? I would make sure that you have only one camera in your Cameras list, as any duplicate entries can cause stability issues.

Also, what is the % CPU usage used by the iCamSource when running?

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Re: Icam Source crashing
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2011, 10:41:29 PM »
Right now I have 2 USB Microsoft life cams hooked up with plans to have a ip cam added in about a week.  I will check on the CPU usage

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Re: Icam Source crashing
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2011, 11:49:36 AM »
Are the webcams plugged directly into the computer and not into a USB hub or extension cable? USB hubs and extension cables have been known to cause stability issues with webcams.

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Re: Icam Source crashing
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2011, 06:32:30 PM »
plugged directly into USB on PC...
PCU useage is at about 20 when running with 53,000K mem use

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Re: Icam Source crashing
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2011, 08:45:17 PM »
Do you have all of the latest Windows updates installed, as well as the latest webcam drivers?

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Re: Icam Source crashing
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2011, 09:58:33 PM »
Another question...does it only crash when you try to open the iCam app on your iphone? If so, it could be an issue with port forwarding.